Baseball Quotes · Page 130

The battle between bat and ball is a one-on-one thing. I love that stuff, but you play it in a team.

— Alastair Cook

Can't change stupid but you can rearange they face with a bat

— Marky

To go from Yale to the National League is simply to go from one form of management to another.

— A. Bartlett Giamatti

Catching a fly ball is a pleasure, but knowing what to do with it after you catch it is a business.

— Tommy Henrich

He (Eric Davis) gets power from his bat speed…it's like he has cork in his arms.

— Pete Rose

If you don't need umpires out there, and you can put robots out there, then why do we need ballplayers?

— Doug Harvey

There's not many guys that can pitch at the top of the rotation floating around the league.

— Jake Arrieta

Our fielders have to catch a lot of balls, or at least deflect them to someone who can.

— Dan Quisenberry

Nothing flatters me more than to have it assumed that I could write prose, unless it be to have it assumed that…

— Robert Frost

The only thing bad about winning the pennant is that you have to manage the All-Star Game the next year. I'd rather…

— Whitey Herzog

There's a duty and an obligation to community that we must teach our children to honor no matter how far they go.…

— Rhymefest

If you look at poker as a sport like baseball, then I'd be maybe a minor league or high school ballplayer. But…

— Dan Bilzerian

“We try to teach our players that baseball is just a game, this is not life or death; there’s a lot bigger…

— Brian Cain

Ive always been a daydreamer. When the other kids were playing, I was listening to the roar at Yankee Stadium - I…

— Anonymous

Cyclists, I work with a number of cyclists. They are great athletes; they are great aerobic athletes. If you ask them to…

— Eric Heiden

Guys don't want to get to two strikes, so you have to make quality pitches early in the count, try to get…

— Stephen Strasburg

The bassoon is one of my favorite instruments. It has a medieval aroma, like the days when everything used to sound like…

— Frank Zappa

“As I grew up, I knew that as a building (Fenway Park) was on the level of Mount Olympus, the Pyramid at…

— Bart Giamatti

My flexibility is probably my No. 1 asset. Obviously we need to have a strong shoulder, strong scapula, strong lats, and a…

— Jake Arrieta

If someone wants to lead a double life, they will find a way to do it. And they can promise you things…

— Stephanie Klein

The minute you start getting in trouble, you can't try to do new stuff. You can't try to make a nasty pitch…

— Mark Mulder

I created a little thing with my hands, just to create a more consistent plane to backspin balls, and obviously growing into…

— Cody Bellinger

It's very simple. We are asking baseball to come clean and set the record straight. Either baseball officials seriously want to rid…

— Richard Pound

When I was a boy, I had a baseball team of my own. We played on a vacant lot between Ninetieth and…

— Jacob Ruppert

I was happy to be drafted. I was happy to be playing professional baseball. And I was happy to be in the…

— Buster Posey

The pace of play is very important whether I'm watching baseball, tennis or golf.

— Pam Shriver

Baseball is important, but it's about fifth place behind my kids, my wife and the health of my family.

— Mike Lowell

To play 18 years in Yankee Stadium is the best thing that could ever happen to a ballplayer.

— Mickey Mantle

I love catching, being involved in every pitch of the game; obviously, it beats you up both mentally and physically.

— Joe Mauer

That's what makes baseball the best. Nothing matters but winning.

— Alex Bregman

I even steal bases. I hear all the time that I'm slow, but hey, I have 66 stolen bases.

— Yadier Molina

I'm a baseball fan. I always pulled for where the Dominican players play.

— Al Horford

I love baseball. I love my city, Philadelphia and Panama. I want to do my best and show everybody... I'll do my…

— Carlos Ruiz

Don't let the fear of striking out keep you away from playing the game.

— Anonymous

Experience is something you get when you don't really want it.

— Ken Harrelson

“That boy may have been born on third base but he sure as shit ain’t scored a triple.”

— Sarah Hall

Baseball is my life, the only thing I know and can talk about. My only interest.

— Rogers Hornsby

Just getting to first base seems to be a problem for you two," Cam couldn't resist saying.

— Lauren Kate

It's hurtful to know that Tommy Glavine won't be in a Braves uniform anymore.

— John Schuerholz

I used to lead off when I was a rookie. I've always been able to bunt.

— Chili Davis